Arabic text showing in strange characters igO PRIMO Basar 9.6.29.329069

**Boki** · 14th March 2020, 11:54 PM

Hmmm, this are fonts for Primo. Never tested under Nextgen. Read topic from beginning.
I think you need a different language file, also your device adjusted.

**LouBouha** · 15th March 2020, 01:25 AM

In order to have a well-functioning Arabic language navigation screen, you need:

1/ A file: Lang_Arabic.zip compatible with the version of iGO (Primo or NextGen) with an up-to-date Dictionary.lang. (Unfortunately I don't have an updated nextgen file. )

2/ Activate the Arabic language in: Menu \ Settings \ Regional \ Language .

3/ Have Fonts that recognize the Arabic language. in .ttf format

I have compiled several Arabic fonts for you that I have tested OK:

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These fonts to put in iGO_XXX \ ui_nextgen \ fonts (if the fonts folder doesn't exist you have to create it).

At the sys.txt level you have to add

Spoiler: Sys.txt

xxx: is the exact name of the font you want to display on the navigation screen.

Solve problems (this is valid for all languages)

- No words are displayed in Arabic: File Lang_Arabic.zip not adequate (iGO primo or Nextgen), The fonts do not recognize the Arabic language or corrupted.

- Some Words are displayed correctly and others are not displayed they're in English: Incomplete translation, the file Lang_Arabic.zip needs to be updated.

- Some Words are displayed correctly and others are partially displayed in Arabic but one or two letters are missing or replaced by a square: the font file is incomplete and needs to be corrected.

Regards

**alipwr** · 15th March 2020, 05:41 AM

Thank you so much LouBouha for your time

I found these lines in sys.txt

[fonts]
default="Noto Sans CJK SC, Regular"
defaultbd="Noto Sans CJK SC, Bold"
defaultit="Noto Sans CJK SC, Thin"

also thest files in ui_nextgen/font

NotoSansCJKsc-Regular.otf
NotoSansCJKsc-Bold.otf
NotoSansCJKsc-Thin.otf

because I am not expert enough in sys.txt syntax I tried to rename my files to same names(NotoSansCJKsc) and replace it with old one
But the application failed to start

I think we almost there if you please explain 3 more things

1- why font names in sys.txt are witting with spaces between them ("Noto Sans CJK SC, Regular") and if i put the whole names including extension well that be acceptable for example (xxxxxxx.ttf)

2- is ttf font format acceptable or I should convert them to otf

3 -do I need to add other font files for English language as well to switch between them

**LouBouha** · 15th March 2020, 08:46 AM

Upload me your sys.txt and I'll make the changes. It's already missing:

Spoiler: sys.txt

Before answering you ... I propose ... a ready to use functional and detailed solution ... why don't you apply it ...?

1/

xxx: is the exact name of the font you want to display on the navigation screen.

2/ The format of the fonts must be in .ttf and my friend iet8 says it well.

Dear logsog ,
Arabic lang worked perfect after i have changed the file with different ttf files(inside font foleder), Tank you for your help also thank s for friend Boki_Srb.

3/ Some fonts contain Latin (for English) and Arabic characters such as Tahoma, alarabiya... there are not many of them.

After verification it seems that the Fonts: NotoSansCJKsc in .ttf format does not recognize the Arabic language.

I advise you to put the fonts I put online in the indicated folder and use the sys.txt that I'll modify to do the Test.

Regards

**alipwr** · 15th March 2020, 08:34 PM

Finally, After several attempts, the application worked successfully... in order to do so, I did the following:

1 Delete the fonts section from the sys.txt
2 copied some Arabic files to the ui_nextgen/font folder in addition to the files that were previously there
3 Add the line (font="ui_nextgen\fonts) to the Folders section of the sys.txt

In this case, I think that the application itself chooses the appropriate font, whether Arabic or English

It was not so easy because I needed to go to my car and go back again several times for test

Thank you so much brother LouBouha without your guidance I would not have this result. I appreciate your effort with me and wish you happy times.

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